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MODERN INDIA | SET-8
(An objective type questions from the topic 'Modern India' for Kerala PSC, UPSC, SSC, Railway, Banking and other competitive exams)
1.The British introduced the railways in India in order to:
facilitate British commerce and administrative control
2.The British king whom Gandhiji visited when he reached London for the Round Table Conference:
George V
3.The British officer who under his own authority shot Bahadur Shah Zafar’s sons Mirza Mughal, Mirza Khazir Sultan, and grandson Mirza Abu Bakr at the Khooni Darwaza:
William Hodson
4.In which year the first Round Table Conference was held in London: 
1930
5.In which year the first son of Gandhiji was born? 
1888
6. In which year the Lahore session of Muslim League passed Pakistan Resolution? 
1940
7.India became a member of United nations in: 
1945
8.India Councils Act of 1861 was passed during the tenure of: 
Canning
9.Indian Association wasestablished by Ananda Mohan Bose and ........in 1876: 
Surendranath Bannerjee
10.Julius Nyerere, the first to get Gandhi Peace Prize, led the national movement in: 
Tanzania
11.Jyotiba Phule was one of the prominent ………….of the 19th century India. 
Social reformers
12.Kachnagas revolt took place in: 
Assam
13.Kanpur Conference, which is regarded as the foundation of the Communist Party of India in 1925, was held under the presidency of: 
Singaravelu Chettiar
14.‘Karm Yogi’ was started by: 
Aurobindo Ghosh
15.Kheda where Gandhiji conducted Satyagraha is in the state of : 
Gujarat
16.Khilafat movement was originally a: 
Religious movement
17.The Viceroy when the First Round Table Conference was held in 1930? 
Irwin
19.Lord Mountbatten became the Viceroy in: 
1947
20.Madras Mahajana Sabha was established by S.Ramaswami Mudaliyar and ______ in 1884. 
P.Ananda Charlu
21.Madras Mahajana Sabha was established in: 
1884
22.Mahadji, the famous Maratha ruler of the later half of 18th century, belonged to the house of: 
Sindhia
23.Mahe was a colony of ………….. 
French
24.Mangal Pandey was hanged on:  
1857 March 29
25.Mangal Pandey, the first martyr of 1857 revolt was a member of _____.
34th Native Infantry